think that's created a headwind in addition to concerns about the issue itself. >> lehrer: cynthia tucker, we heard the president say "now is the hard part." what do you see? is this a headwind against him? is this a healthy debate, or what? >> now is the hard part. the president was elected with promises of health care reform -- in fact, he would probably argue he had a mandate to reform health care, and i don't think that that would be an exaggeration. what has always happened in this debate, once you start legislation moving through congress, the opponents have mobilized and they have mobilized not just with legitimate criticisms, because there are certainly those, costs being one, but also with all sorts of misrepresentations, distortions and outright lies, and the president and democrats in congress lost control of the debate. they understand that. the opponents have time to build up momentum. you have seen these angry town hall meetings. so the president is trying very hard now to regain the momentum. >> lehrer: nolan finley, you have had some of these town hall meetings where you a